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Events on Monday 19 October 1587 1
1541 – 1587Francesco I de' Medici (1541-1587)Died 19 October 1587, aged 46Francesco I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, died suddenly at his villa in Poggio a Caiano, with contemporaries suspecting poison though modern analysis points to malaria. A patron of the arts and sciences, he supported early opera and established workshops that became the Uffizi Gallery.